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Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1897), 1909-02-18

Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1897), 1909-02-18 page 1

WEATHER Partly cloudy and warmer Thursday ; Friday rain i south, rain or snow In north portion, somewhat colder at night Do you know how many opportunities you have missed? Read The State Journal Want Columns Every Day. '"pHE tide that leads on to fortune" may sometimes come to you in the guise of a want advertisement. Try one. Citz. Phone 11161; Bell Main 8200. NINETY-NINTH YEAR. No. 49. COLUMBUS, OHIO. THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 18, 1909. COM ."nr PRICE OB ta Orasitar Ol . fare siats at ail Maar slt, LOCK CANAL OR WOULD PUT AN END TO 'PHONE EAVESDROPPING FORMER LABOR CO MM IR NEAR DEATH DR. JAMES HAWKINS, JOHN M. THOMPSON, CARROLL D. WRIGHT. Tl II STATE PROBE I Ilia 'Mt 5t 1 INDICT PAPERS as IN CAHAL CASE 'Lin President Avers Criticism of Lock Plan Merely Attack on Policy of Building at AIL - FOLLY TO CHANGE Report Says Work ' Will Cost $360,000,000 Instead of$140.--000,000 as Announced. fBjr Assncl&tsd Prsato 8tato Journal. WASHINGTON. Feb. 17. Any attack made hereafter on the lock type of the Panama canal, according to the opinion expressed by President Roose-' velt in a message transmitting to congress today the report made by the engineers who recently visited the canal aone with President-elect Taft, "1b In reality merely an attack upon the policy of building any canal at all." The report. In Mr. Roosevelt's opinion, '"shows In clearest v fashion that the congress was wise In the position It took and that it would be an Inexcusable folly to change from the proposed lock canal to a sea level canal." 'I commend to you," he says to congress, "the most careful- consideration of the report. They show that the only criticism that can be made of the work on the isthmus Is that there has sometimes been almost an excess of caution in providing against possible trouble. As to the Gatun dam itself, they i show that not only Is the dam safe, "but that on the whole the plan already adopted would make It needlessly high and strong, anj 'accordingly, they recommend , that the height ,t be reduced by 20 feet,. which change In A the plans I have accordingly directed." President Roosevelt says the engineers who made the report "are of all the men In their profession, within or without the United States, the men who are on the whole best qualified to pass upon these very questions which they examined." r Gave Dam First Consideration. The engineers report that . as the Gatun earth dam ' was the central , point of discussion, they gave it, under instructions from Mr. Taft. "first '-. ' consideration in ;the light of. all evl- dance,", and, .they add that "the type -. of dam now under construction is one livhlch meets; with- our unanimous ap-: pro vat." '. - ' ." - " ; f;' . They say they are "satisfied that there will be no dangerous or objectionable seepage through the material under the base '. of the dam; nor are they so . soft as to be . liable to be pushed aside by the weight of the proposed dam so as to cause dangerous settlement. We are also satisfied that the materials available and which it Is proposed to use are suitable andean be readily placed to form a tight, stable and permanent dam." . Dams and locks, lock gates and all other engineering structures involved In the lock canal project are "leasiDie nd safe," according to the engineers. functions.", They report that they "do not find any. occasion for changing the type of canal that has been adopted. A change to the sea level plan at the present time would add greatly td the cost and time of construction, without compensating advantages, either in capacity of the canal or In safety of navigation, and hence would be a public misfortune." "We do find," they say.: "in the de-) tailed designs that have been adopted, ! or that are under-consideration, some matters where -- other arrangements than those now considered seem worthy of study. As these proposed v changes are of a tentative nature and do not In any case . affect the main questions herein dlBCUBBed they are not taken up In this report." They declare that the "most practical question in the construction of the Gatun dam is the possible slip ping and sliding of the materials underneath and In the body of the dam." In regard to , this question, they have reached the conclusion that "the design upon which the work la now being prosecuted abundantly fulfils the required degree of stability and-goes far beyond the limits-of what would be regarded as sufficient and safe in any less Important structure." tn regard, to the' Bllpa which have occurred at several times, they assert that they are "of no serious conse-, 4. quence, either In the practical execu-(RStlon of the work or ; In the ultimate j stability of the structures." ' Would Reduce Height. ' f' , Having considered the proper height, for the crest of the Gatun dam, they concluded that "It could be safely reduced 20 feet from that originally pro- posed, . namely to an ' elevation of 115 feet above sea level, or 30 feet above the normal level of the water against .. the dam." "This change," they, say, "will fa- cllltate the work , of construction and Will reduce somewhat the cost of the :" proposed work.": As to the change of the lower locks In the Pacific end of the canal from La Boca, on the shore of Panama bay to Miraflores, about four miles inland, ' they report that the settlements which occurred as a result of the change, "cause vno reason to doubt the stabil-: lty of the proposed dam." This change having been made because "objection might be made from a military point of - view' to placing locks on the shore of the bay, exposed to guns of hostile ships," the board of engineersestimate-that- It will , Increase the cost by about $10,000,000, tut It will greatly lessen the . cost of fortification. . " Another change, - that', of increasing the minimum, width of the bottom of : the canal for about . 4.7 miles In the w ,'ulebra i cut,; they estimate will ln-"4Aa9 co8t ct the work by about 1HI 2,000,000, but' they say It 'will not delay the completion of the canal, that It will permit ships to pass one another in this portion of the canal and i will otherwise facilitate navigation. "If slides occur after : the completion of the canal, they day, -tne-wider canal Is not as likely to be blocked as a narrower- one." They approve the ' change In the proposed location of the breakwater at the Atlantic, end of the canal.1.:' - ' Their estimate of the complete . cost Cttatlaued an Third Paget I K 0v'.:.'. Eaa Representative. Dr Hawkins is a dentist at Wellston and Mr. Thompson it a teacher at Mt Gilead. They are authors of bills introduced in the house and senate designed to punish persons who take advantage of secrets heard over telephone wires. IT AT I PLOT TO KILL GARMAGK Women Give Damaging Evi dence Involving Senator's Alleged Slayers. Conference Held , in Attorney Bradford's Office on , the Day of the Tragedy. By Auoclttad Fran to State Journal. 1 NASHVILLE, Feb. 17. Marked by bitter quarrels between attorneys and by . new - and startling testimony, the second day of the Cooper-Sharp trial for the murder ' of ' former Senator E. W. : Carmack -closed tonight with the state i highly elated: and- the . defeiWMa apparently perturbed. 'The tension between the factions has tightened visibly. . ThlB : is , Indicated in the courtroom by bitter passages between opposing counsel and outside by . more bitter talk by partisans. The star witnesses today were worn? en. ' ' - ' Miss Mary Skefflngton, the state librarian,' was the first. She told how, on the day of the murder, when within 200 feet of the scene of the Bhoot-lng, she , met John Sharp, one of the defendants, whom she had known for 10 or 12 years. Just as she greeted him, she heard three shots and asked Sharp what It meant. Without turning around to learn, she says, Sharp replied: "That's Dune Cooper shoot ing senator Carmack. By the second witness, Miss Daisy Lee, stenographer in the office of John Bradford, an. attorney for the defense, told how on the morning' of November 9, the day of the -tragedy, when she arrived at the office she found Colonel Cooper already there in conference with his son. She heard the colonel denounce Carmack ' for using his (Cooper's) name and declared he had a right to protect himself. Later, she heard Colonel Cooper apply to him (Carmack) epithets so. vile that she cried when ordered to repeat them. The court permitted, her to write them and J when they were read, she covered her face with her hands. , . This conference lasted until 4 p. m. when It broke ,up: and the Coopers left together.; "lilt appeared to.be the Intent of the state to have the Jury believe that a conference to slay Carmacld was held and -that the killing resulted from this conference. : ., , The defense made little effort to cross-examine witnesses except in a most, perfunctory manner., Sharp Had Cursed Carmack. The state's first witness today was W. J. Smith, an Insurance; agent, who corroborated the testimony of Hugh Morton, that John D. Sharp had cursed Carmack just before . the senatorial contest in 1905.. On- cross examination. Smith was asked if this remark, "that the country would be better 'off if Carmack were dad and In hell 20 yearsxago," had not been made before Governor Patterson became a politician.The state objected to any reference to Governor, Patterson and wassustained.-.' ' '- . L. A. Welch, a. barber, who shaved John D. Sharp a few days before the election, said SSiarp;, was reading Car-mack's paper the editorial ., page and said: ; ' "The ought to be In hell." "To whom was he referring?" "To Senator Carmack." The defense: attacked . Welch with vigor and forced him to make some contradictions. , Miss Mary Skefflngton, the state librarian, told of leaving the . State library a few, minutes after 4 p.m. on November 9, and of seeing Governor Patterson and ex-Governor Cox In conversation. . Knew It Without Looking. "I soon' reached nearly the corner of iJnlon street and Seventh avenue. I looked down towards Union and saw John D.. Sharp, whom I had known many years. When I heard the, shots, I looked up and said: 'What la thatr He, said: 'It is shooting.' I asked: 'Who Is shooting!' He' replied: 'It Is Colonel Duno Cooper shooting Senator Carmack.'" " ' , "How was he Standing with -regard to the scene of the shooting?" ', ' "With his baok to - the shooting," ; . "What next?" -. i -'' "He1 turned around and walked back with tne up to the scene of the shooting. I said; 'Oh. Mr. Sharp,- you are 7 ' Ceatlna4 ea Third Page, ;-- 1 fell r-J -'-)' I y Is' iW. .. i 3 I hamMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm BURTON IS FOR HERRICK Ohio Senator-Elect Favors Former Governor for Cabinet. By AMOclaid Preit to SUt Journal.-WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. What proved to be a very cordial interview took place today between Presidentelect Taft and Senator-elect Burton of Ohio. It was apparent that no scars are left as a result of the recent senatorial campaign in Ohio. Mr. Burton made it known that he was anxious to see Myron T. Herrlck made secretary of the treasury In the Taft cabinet.. It may be stated in this connection that this place is still open, no decision having been made to appoint any of the various available aspirants. Mr. Taft left for Cincinnati this afternoon, where he will remain until baturday afternoon, when he will depart for Philadelphia. He will go to New York next Tuesday. KILLS GIRL AND SELF WHILE RIDING If! AUTO Youth at Reading, After Shoot-1 ing Girl, Directs Chauffeur to ; Hospital, Then Shoots Self. tBy Associated frcs to Stat Journal.) READING, Pa., Feb. 17. While speeding along In a taxlcab here early today, Stella Rocktashel, aged 18, was shot and killed and her companion, George E. Knaut, aged 20, after directing the chauffeur to hurry to' a hospital; - turned the revolver that killed the girl upon himself and sent a bullet Into his heart, dying almost , instantly. Whether there had been a quarrel or the two had agreed to die together has not been determined. Lewis Becker, the chauffeur, Is unable to throw any light on the affair, but the police believe, however, that It was a case of deliberate murder-and suicide;The couple engaged a taxlcab in the business part of town at 2 this morning, the young man telling the chauf feur to drive to the girl's home In the northern part of the city. When the vicinity of the young woman's Home was reached, the chauffeur wasstartled- toy. a revolver shot inside the cab. Simultaneously with the report, the front window of the cab was shattered and the, driver heard the whiz of a bullet over his shoulder. - , Shoots Self Nearing Hospital. A moment later, Becker declares, the man in the cab yelled excitedly, "Drive to the hospital." Recognizing that something serious had occurred, Becker rushed the machine to the Reading hospital. 'Just as he entered the nos-pltal grounds there was a second shot inside the cab. Halting at the hospital door,, Becker summoned the night nurse and she in turn called the-Internes. The young woman was found In a- heap on the seat of the cab.- Her face was covered with blood. There was, no pulse, and It was found that she was dead. A bullet wound in the right side of the head, together with powder burns on the flesh, told how she had met her death. Fired at close range, the bullet had passed througi her head. . " A. hurried examination of the man revealed that he, too, was dead,having-shot himself through tie heart. Knaut was a . telephone Inspector. Inquiry Into the case developed that Knaut had asked several persons to lend htm a revolver, saying he wanted to go to a masquerade ball. As there was no public mask - ball here last night, the authorities are of the opinion the case was one of murder and suicide. ' ;v:'-:. ', OFFICER SHOT; MAY DIE Shooter Is' Held on Charge of .Shooting to Kill ' tspKlal Tlgram to Stata Journal. ,, NAPOLEON, Feb. I7.r-Maynard Reiter, who shot patrolman Frepplo through the head at midnight, while being- locked . up . on ,-; a safe-keeping oharge, - waived examination this afternoon on the charg of shooting with intent to kill. Frepple U in a precarious condition. The ball grased his brain, and after a consultation of surgeons., it was announced that he had a bare chance to live. ; , K, : - J Fleeing Juror Is Fined. NEW - : YORK, v Feb. 17. Alfred Gwynne VatwJerbtlt, who sailed for Eu rope after he had been eubpenaed .to serve aa a juror In the-supreme court, was fined $260 today by, Justice Guy. Senator. URGES IMMEDIATE TARIFF REVISION Conference Declares It Does Not Seek to Block Action by Congress Now. Declares in Favor of the Creation ' of Permanent Commission. Beveridge Speaks. (By Associated Presi to Stat Journal. INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 17. Demand for the Immediate creation by congress of a permanent tariff commission was voiced today in resolutions adopted by the tariff commission conference convention To tjlspeJ. any,.,Uea that Ae-lay in tariff revision h sought ; and that tne pwpose pf thtf gathering )' to delay action on the pending tariff by congress.a provision j . was added urging that congress during its spe cial session shall prepare and adopt a revised tariff to the best of Its ability under present conditions. While the adoption of the resolutions was the subject of a heated debate, lasting over two hours, the arguments seemed based upon misunderstanding of the committee's report rather than radical differences of opinion, and at the end the original report was adopted with the exception of a few unimportant changes In phrasing. . We demand frojfci congress, for the equal benefit ot all classes of the people and in the name of all American Industry, of farm, fac-, tory, labor and commerce represented in the national tariff commission convention held at Indianapolis, consisting of delegates from forty-two states and representing , 223 agricultural, civic, commercial and industrial bodies, the Immediate creation of a permanent tariff commission, for the following purposes and ends, through congressional action:- First, the collecting and intelligent, thorough and unprejudiced study of tariff facta. Second, the development and enlargement of our foreign trade. Third, " the accomplishment of this by reciprocal trade agreements based on maximum and minimum schedules. Fourth, the- adjustment of the , tariff schedules, so that they shall effect all interests equitably. Fifth, the fixing of the rates of duty to be paid on the imports from any foreign country, within the limits of; the maximum and minimum rates established by congress, under reciprocal . trade agreements negotiated by or under the direction of the president, in order thereby to develop ..and . protect our foreign trade by the means favored by President Me lt Klnley and authorized by sections 3 and 4 ot tne Dlngiey law. We urge that prior to the passing of a bill creating such a com-mission, congress, during its spe-. cial session about to be called, : shall prepare and adopt, with the assistance of the best information presently available, a revised tariff, as completely and accurately ad- Justed to present conditions and therefore as stable, as is possible . at this time. Fiflht on "Demand", and ''Request." Over the use-of the word "demand" In the first line of the resolutions a wordy battle was waged. The speech of Congressman Fowler on the preceding day,-when he admonished the convention that the house and senate would not willingly yield one atom of their power, evidently had aroused a fighting spirit In the delegates, , who refused ,, to substitute the word , "request," as suggested by several. It was Beveridge day in the convention, and the speech of the senator from Indiana stirred the delegates to many outbursts of approval.. Revision Must Come At Once. Senator Beveridge spoke, In part, as follows: , . Immediate revision must not be delayed until a tariff commission is Created and has made necessary In-1 vestigatlons and arranged scientific classifications that would require at least two years and ought to take a longer period. So, for the last time, we must have a tariff builded In the old way. But that this shall be the In at tariff thus builded. we soon must provide a commission of tariff experts. The present emergency never must ae faced again. . . . - Heretofore, both parties have builded our tariffs ; without sufficient knowledge of the facts, without scientific classification of schedules.- Both parlies, whether framing a so-called revenue tariff or a protective tariff, have handled this Intricate subject in a way which would have crippled any business man or corporation handling their enterprises In the same fashion. Both parties :iave, made the-tariff exclusively -political- have waged campaigns as to whether our tariff policy Continued aa Second Page. , Fasses Woods Bill, But Makes Investigators Subject to . -Senate's Approval. FOR INVENTORIES Lower Body Approves Measure to Appraise All the State's Property. The house yesterday went on record in favor of a bipartisan Investigation of state departments and Institutions. After an extended partisan debate, the power given Governor Harmon by the Woods probe bill to conduct the investigation himself . was eliminated and that power was conferred upon a bipartisan commission of two members to be named by the Democratic governor and confirmed by the Republican senate. It was further amended so "as to accord state officials to be Investigated, the right to be represented by attorney, to subpena andcross-examine witnesses and to require the production of books, the same rights as the bill confers upon the commission. The findings of the Investigators are to be reported by the governor to the legislature and this report must contain a transcript of the evidence, this provision. In addition to the requirement tilat the investigation must be public, insuring that the members of the legislature and the public will be able to Judge for themselves whether the report Is fair or biased. In this shape and carrying an appropriation of $25,000 the probe bill passed the house without an opposing vote. Object Only to Confirmation. The single composite amendment adopted was offered by Mr. Woods of Medina, the author of the bill, who anticipated the intention of Mr. Ervin of Meigs, the Republican floor leader, to offer a similar one. Judge Winters, the Democratic floor leader, surrendered the contention that Governor Harmon make the investigation without the agency of a bipartisan commission,, and directed the fight against the provision for the confirmation of the appointment of the commissioners by the senate. Beaten on this point by 50 -to 59, and with only 4 votes registered againat the Woods amendment,--the Democrats accepted , the amended bill. , , ".- The Republican winning fight-Was In charge ' or Woods and Ervln, though Representative Charles Kempel rose to a question of privilege after the passage of the measure and charged that it was directed by Secretary W. H. Phipps of the Republican state executive committee, against whose presence on the floor he registered a protest. In fact, Phipps had . been admitted to the rear of the hall by a doorkeeper who supposed state officers had the privilege of the floor, but after listening a while to the debate, had been ejected by the eagle-eyed first assistant sergeant-at-arms, "Big Jim" Gallegher, of Cleveland.. Duplicate of Last Year's Bill. In the debate,. Mr. Crist of Delaware and others showed that the amended bill was but a duplicate of the last year's bill to authorize Governor Harris to name an Investigating commission, which the Democratic senate Ignored. By that bill, a Republican governor was to appoint and a Democratic senate to confirm. Mr. Ervln and others pointed out to the Democrats who contended that senate confirmation would - tie the governor's hands that If he chose, he could wait until the legislature had adjourned and then name the commissioners who could act as recess appointees without being confirmed by the senate until next winter after their work had been done. Judge Winters doubted if the governor could make recess appointments of new officers but only could fill vacancies.Woods said the bill gave the governor Just what he asked, the authority and the money. The present statutes really gave him and ex-Governor Harris the authority but neither had had the money. While he preferred the original bill, the amendment provided for a fair Investigation. Governor Harris, though honest and efficient, had been defeated and sent back to Preble county largely because the Republican members of the last legislature by their votes and actions had given the public the Impression they were opposed to any Investigation. , Inventory Bill la Passed. The Republicans now could not afford to stand against an investigation. He did not believe there was anything wrong, "but turn on the light and let the man turn It on who said there was darkness." Mr. Bense of Erie said the governor ought to have a secret service fund with which to Investigate at any time. Mr. Connaughton and Mr. Gebhart pitched Into the amendment and It was defended by Mr. Gibbs and Mr. Shank-land and others. The Democrats failed to present a solid front In support of the Brenner state Inventory bill, though It was a Harmon measure, ... and amendments aimed to cut holes In It were offered by Democratic members. Suspectlmr a possible Democratic probe under the guise of an appraisement of statu property by the board of three appraisers, one Republican and two Dem- ocrats, to be named by the governor, Republican opposition also developed. Mr. Ervln of Meige labeled it "a bad bill from beginning to end." Mr. Brenner of Clark said the -bill carried out the recommendations of both Gov ernor Harris and Governor Harmon. The bill was passed by 79 to 28 after the defeat of amendments by Mr. Schrelber of Lucas for a Jail sentence for state officers returning a false Inventory : by Mr. ' Reed of Woods, re quiring the inventory to be sworn to; by Mr. Phillips of Geauga, to cut the appraisers' pay from $10 to $5 a day; by Mr.. Russell of Wayne, to limit the appraisement to 30 days; by Mr. Gebhart of Montgomery, to limit the total pay to fftch appraiser to $600, which would - have meant a 60-day tenure and have made It Impossible to complete the work of appraising the property of 24 Institutions and 40 departments and boards; and the adoption of the amendment of Mr. Le Blond Contlaned Third rage. -. k "It t: -'- t - - -V;'- rMoT WORCESTER, Mass.. Feb. 17. Carroll D. Wright, former commissioner of labor, is In a critical condition from P RAILWAYS SEIZED W. W. Tamage, Who Was With B. & O. System, Charged With Embez2lement. Arrested ' at ' Surety . Company's Instance Year After Finding of Alleged Shortage. On the charge of having embezzlod $450 of the funds of the Baltimore and Ohio and Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern railroads, William W, Tamage, who tor nearly 15 years was city ticket agent of the two roads Jn Columbus, was placed under arrest at 11; 45 yesterday morning -on an affidavit of Andrew Tipple, agent of . ' the ' United States Fidelity and Guarantee company, with offices at Cleveland. After remaining In the city prison he was released last evening on $800 bond. A year ago Tamage suffered an attack of nervous prostration as a result of : the financial management which , resulted In his arrest yesterday. He was removed to a sanitorium, where he underwent treatment. While thus confined it was discovered that there was a shortage in the funds of the offices of which he had charge, and an investigation was immediately started. Had Two Explanations. After his recovery Tamage accused Frank, P. Cooper, district passenger agent of the two. roads in Columbus, with being responsible. He declared Mr. Cooper had appropriated the money for his personal use and had not returned it as had been Intended. Tamage also had another explanation. It was that he himself had used the money while soliciting business, and that It had been allowed him as a part of his expense account. He had been given the title and duties of city .passenger agent in .addition to those of city ticket agent, which required some expenditure of money - in soliciting business, and he declared that he had taken the money In the legitimate performance' of his duties and could prove his innocence of all the charges made against him. : i Seeking a settlement, which was promised by" Tamage as soon as he could get the money from a wealthy uncle in the West, the bonding company, which had already paid the amount to the treasurers of the two roads, a few days ' ago decided not ' to wait any longer, and Tamage's arrest followed. - - The United States .Fidelity and Guaranty company, the principal offices of which are in Baltimore, by annual contract with the railroad .companies, goes on the bonds of several thousand employes of the Baltimore and Ohio and Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern. The expense of carrying these bonds is borne by the railroads, ,and -when embezzlement occurs an Immediate settlement is required. In the case of Tamage this settlement was made soon after the shortage was discovered, but there was every Indication that, his uncle in the West would come to his rescue, and he was given all of the time he desired to reimburse the bonding company . for the amount. Up to a year ago Tamage had been a trusted employe of the railroad companies. He . had- handled large sums of money in the performance of his duties and had always accounted for every cent, of It. , ' ,- ':- , -. '' '- Friends Stand By Him, He was concerned with, the handling of a large number of theatrical companies, -the agents of which always made settlement with him, sometimes to the amount of several thousand dollars. Part of the money which he Is charged with! embezzling Is said to have been secured from this source. After his recovery from his nervous ailment, Tamage resigned his position with the Baltimore and Ohio and Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern railroads and announced that he was going to take a trip South for his health. However, he remained 1 In Columbus and In a few weeks aecehted a position with a local hotel.'- Here he jhas been employed since that time, and yesterday after toeing released on bond returned to his duties. His employer, as do-all hla friends, speaks. In terms of warmest praise of- .Tamage. , He Is commended highly by? people with whom he comes in contact.. There Is a general' tendency among those , who know htm not to believe he Is guilty of any wrong. ,, OH AGENT OF j.."t:i; hot0M sunnas a mental and physical breakdown. AH hopes of recovery have been abandoned by his physicians. RUBS SUGAR IN HIS EYES Porto Rican Accused of Theft Seeks Slow Death. By Aoclate4 Ftm to Stats Journal. SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., Feb. 1". Manuel Morano, a Porto Rican, Is In Jail awaiting trial for the alleged theft of diamonds. He is attempting slow suicide by rubbing sugar in his eyes. Morano confessed that he had resorted to sugar as a means ot ending his life. He explained that in his native Island this custom prevails among those who desire to shorten their existence and that It Invariably proves successful. The Idea Is a new one here and the authorities state that the only result so far as they can ascertain would be to possibly destroy the man s sight. FIRST -HIS Rev. C. E. Burton of Minneapolis Invited to Be Associate Pastor With Dr. Gladden. At a meeting of the members of the First Congregational church held last evening, by unanimous vote, it was decided to extend a call to Rev Charles E. Burton of Minneapolis to the new position of associate pastor of. the church which has been created in order to give- Rev. Dr. Washington Gladden 'more freedom from the rou tine -of church management. The call Is extended on condition that Rev. Mr, Burton can satisfactorily arrange with the Congregational church of Winona, Minn., from which he has accepted a call. The position was offered to Dr, Carl Patton of Ann Arbor, Mich., but he was unable to accept. Rev. Mr. Burton preached at the church Sunday. He remained in Co lumbus Monday and met many officers and members of the congregation. After the reception a conference with the officers of the church was held at which he explained his position. Rev. Mr. Burton is 36 years old. He is a graduate of Carlton college, Carl ton, Minn., and ' is a member of Its board of trustees.. At one time he de clined the presidency of the lnstitu tion, as he preferred to remain In church work. He has spent the great er part of his-life in Minnesota and for several years has been one of the leading ministers of . Minneapolis. SHOWS KNOX INAUGURAL Taft Submits Address to President and , Premier-to-Be. Special Telegram to 'State Journail. . WASHINGTON, Feb. . 17. What President-elect Taft regards as an Im portant feature of his two days ' In Washington were the consultations he was ' able to have with President Roosevelt, Senator Knox, and others re gardlng the subject matter and his method of, expressing himself In his inaugural address. A copy of the first draft of this paper has been in the possession of Senator Knox for some days and such suggestions as he shall think proper to make .will be sent . to Mr. Taft at Cincinnati., The president's approval of the -speech Is known to have been most hearty. . . YOUTH KILLS BROTHER Boys ' Playing . With Gun and Shooting Is Accidental. Special Tel ram to State Journal. 1 . WOOSTER. Feb. 17.- Leo Parldon, aged 9, shot and killed George Parldon, aged 12. Both are sons of J. I. Parldon. a farmer.: They were playing with a shotgun, when one of the boya placed a shell In the weapon, and while George was looking into the muzzle Leo pulled the trigger. The father - and mother were in a room below and the body fell on , register, . lettihg blood from the dead boy fall on the heads of his parents.; '..".''...; ''! '' Only 37 , Recovered Alive. NEWCASTLE, Feb. . 17. Only 37 men have been .brought up alive out of a total of-147 Who were In the coal mine at West Sidney at the time of yesterday's disastrous' explosion. - Grand Jurors Accuse Pulitzer and His Editors and Indianapolis News' Owners. WARRANTS READY Roosevelt, Tafts, Morgan, Root, Robinson and Cromwell Vilified, It Is Charged. By Associated Prsss to State Journal.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. Bench warrants were Issued late today for the arrest of Joseph Pulitzer, Caleb M. Van Hamm and Robert H. Lyman of New York, proprietor and editors of the New York World; and for Delevan Smith and Charles R. Williams, owners of the Indianapolis News, for criminal libel In connection with the publication In those newspapers of charges of Irregularities In the purchase by the United States government of the Panama canal property from the French owners. The Indictments on which the warrants were based were returned today by the United States grand Jury sitting in this city, and the ' warrants were Issued later by the (clerk of orlm-lnal court No. 1. The warrants are directed against all five of the natural defendants of the two newspapers. The summons requires the corporate defendant (the Press Publishing company of New York), to appear in court forthwith to answer the indictment. There are three counts against The News and five against The World. District Attorney Baker probably will not send the copies of the bench warrants and the certified copies of the Indictments to New York or to Ini dianapolis for a day or two. Names of Those "Vilified.'- - Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, Elihu Root, J. Plerpont Morgan, Charles p. Taft, Douglas Robinson and William Nelson Cromwell are named in the indictments as the persons alleged to have been vilified by the stories appearing in the twonewspapers.- - - Copies of the summons and Indictment were served this evening on the Press Publishing company by service on Otto Carmlchael, Its agent In this Jurisdictio-n. The certified copies will be filed with United States Commissioner. John R. Shields in New York who will JssOe'warrants. If the defendants should fight the case, at least a year probably will elapse before they can "be brought before thej'bar .of the district supreme court forUrial. William Nelaon Cromwell said' today: . . , The indictment of ' the New York World and the Indianapolis News is not an indictment of the press of the United States, as they would like to have it appear to ootain the support of the general press of the countrv. I am In favor of a free and unmuxsled press. , I wish to say In the most positive manner that the stories respecting the Panama canal purchase publiHhed by the New York World, the Indianapolis News and other papers, and for which these editors are indicted, were not legitimate newspaper publications. I feel thm I am free to sp.-ak, now that the grand Jury has concluded its hearing. Blackmail Attempt Charged, y The parties who concocted the stories more than two sind a half years ago made a demand upon me at that-time to pay them a large sum of money, with a threat that if I did not comply, the stories Would be published. I Instantly and Indignantly denounced the stories as false in every respect, refused to entertain their demands and dismissed the miscreants. This attempt to blackmail me was temporarily dropped, but was renewed again in July and August last, when 1 was aetK'e in the political campaign. At that time some of the people, with their group enlarged, again attempted to blackmail me and again put oefore me the alternative of paying them $25,000 for the suppression of the stories or having them published. In answer to my indignant refusal, the blackmailers stated that even If they could not substantiate the stories, and even if there was no basis for the use of the names of Charles Taft and Douglas Robinson the publication of the stories, with the Inclusion of the names of those gentlemen, was bound to Injure the cause of the Republican party, and particularly would defeat, they believed, the election of Mr. Taft, and they argued that because of my well-known support of Mr..; Taft'a campaign, I should be willing to pay them J25.000 rather than permit the-publication of these stories; that If I did not purchase and suppress them, the stories would be "sprung" late in the campaign, when I could not have time to send to Paris for records and proofs, or otherwise overtake and offset the stories before election. Had Told World of Falsity. " I decided that the time had come to place the matter before the district attorney of New York, and I did so, I have absolute proof that the parties behind these stories wer,e at the time in frequent conference with managers of The World, at their ofliee and residence, upon the subject t thene stories. On the very eve of the publication of the story the New York World not only had my explicit denial and denunciation of the stories, but received direct personal notice from me, In Its editorial rooms, that the stories were false In every respect. ; There never existed the slightest foundation on which to base any of the allegations In the .stories publiHhed In The World. I am sure that the newspapers of the country will Indorse the straightforward and manly action of President Roosevelt, de nounclng In a message to congress the action of these great newspapers In bringing Into disrepute the greatest undertaking of all ages and unjustly assailing those who have devoted their best efforts to make the Panama canal a glory to the American nation the world over. : Give History of Canal Deal. The Indictments agalnet all the parties are substantially Identical and are very elaborate,; setting out a complete history of the transactions by which the United States acquired title to the Panama canal property from tht French company. Extensive 'quotations from news articles and editorials, published both by the New York World and by the Indianapolis News, are given , in the -Indictments. In addition, they contain the -unusual feature of photographic likenesses of the men who have figured lit the stories, and the reproduction of a cartoon which appeared In the Indianapolis News rep lesentlng Norman K. Mack digging up

WEATHER Partly cloudy and warmer Thursday ; Friday rain i south, rain or snow In north portion, somewhat colder at night Do you know how many opportunities you have missed? Read The State Journal Want Columns Every Day. '"pHE tide that leads on to fortune" may sometimes come to you in the guise of a want advertisement. Try one. Citz. Phone 11161; Bell Main 8200. NINETY-NINTH YEAR. No. 49. COLUMBUS, OHIO. THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 18, 1909. COM ."nr PRICE OB ta Orasitar Ol . fare siats at ail Maar slt, LOCK CANAL OR WOULD PUT AN END TO 'PHONE EAVESDROPPING FORMER LABOR CO MM IR NEAR DEATH DR. JAMES HAWKINS, JOHN M. THOMPSON, CARROLL D. WRIGHT. Tl II STATE PROBE I Ilia 'Mt 5t 1 INDICT PAPERS as IN CAHAL CASE 'Lin President Avers Criticism of Lock Plan Merely Attack on Policy of Building at AIL - FOLLY TO CHANGE Report Says Work ' Will Cost $360,000,000 Instead of$140.--000,000 as Announced. fBjr Assncl&tsd Prsato 8tato Journal. WASHINGTON. Feb. 17. Any attack made hereafter on the lock type of the Panama canal, according to the opinion expressed by President Roose-' velt in a message transmitting to congress today the report made by the engineers who recently visited the canal aone with President-elect Taft, "1b In reality merely an attack upon the policy of building any canal at all." The report. In Mr. Roosevelt's opinion, '"shows In clearest v fashion that the congress was wise In the position It took and that it would be an Inexcusable folly to change from the proposed lock canal to a sea level canal." 'I commend to you," he says to congress, "the most careful- consideration of the report. They show that the only criticism that can be made of the work on the isthmus Is that there has sometimes been almost an excess of caution in providing against possible trouble. As to the Gatun dam itself, they i show that not only Is the dam safe, "but that on the whole the plan already adopted would make It needlessly high and strong, anj 'accordingly, they recommend , that the height ,t be reduced by 20 feet,. which change In A the plans I have accordingly directed." President Roosevelt says the engineers who made the report "are of all the men In their profession, within or without the United States, the men who are on the whole best qualified to pass upon these very questions which they examined." r Gave Dam First Consideration. The engineers report that . as the Gatun earth dam ' was the central , point of discussion, they gave it, under instructions from Mr. Taft. "first '-. ' consideration in ;the light of. all evl- dance,", and, .they add that "the type -. of dam now under construction is one livhlch meets; with- our unanimous ap-: pro vat." '. - ' ." - " ; f;' . They say they are "satisfied that there will be no dangerous or objectionable seepage through the material under the base '. of the dam; nor are they so . soft as to be . liable to be pushed aside by the weight of the proposed dam so as to cause dangerous settlement. We are also satisfied that the materials available and which it Is proposed to use are suitable andean be readily placed to form a tight, stable and permanent dam." . Dams and locks, lock gates and all other engineering structures involved In the lock canal project are "leasiDie nd safe," according to the engineers. functions.", They report that they "do not find any. occasion for changing the type of canal that has been adopted. A change to the sea level plan at the present time would add greatly td the cost and time of construction, without compensating advantages, either in capacity of the canal or In safety of navigation, and hence would be a public misfortune." "We do find," they say.: "in the de-) tailed designs that have been adopted, ! or that are under-consideration, some matters where -- other arrangements than those now considered seem worthy of study. As these proposed v changes are of a tentative nature and do not In any case . affect the main questions herein dlBCUBBed they are not taken up In this report." They declare that the "most practical question in the construction of the Gatun dam is the possible slip ping and sliding of the materials underneath and In the body of the dam." In regard to , this question, they have reached the conclusion that "the design upon which the work la now being prosecuted abundantly fulfils the required degree of stability and-goes far beyond the limits-of what would be regarded as sufficient and safe in any less Important structure." tn regard, to the' Bllpa which have occurred at several times, they assert that they are "of no serious conse-, 4. quence, either In the practical execu-(RStlon of the work or ; In the ultimate j stability of the structures." ' Would Reduce Height. ' f' , Having considered the proper height, for the crest of the Gatun dam, they concluded that "It could be safely reduced 20 feet from that originally pro- posed, . namely to an ' elevation of 115 feet above sea level, or 30 feet above the normal level of the water against .. the dam." "This change," they, say, "will fa- cllltate the work , of construction and Will reduce somewhat the cost of the :" proposed work.": As to the change of the lower locks In the Pacific end of the canal from La Boca, on the shore of Panama bay to Miraflores, about four miles inland, ' they report that the settlements which occurred as a result of the change, "cause vno reason to doubt the stabil-: lty of the proposed dam." This change having been made because "objection might be made from a military point of - view' to placing locks on the shore of the bay, exposed to guns of hostile ships," the board of engineersestimate-that- It will , Increase the cost by about $10,000,000, tut It will greatly lessen the . cost of fortification. . " Another change, - that', of increasing the minimum, width of the bottom of : the canal for about . 4.7 miles In the w ,'ulebra i cut,; they estimate will ln-"4Aa9 co8t ct the work by about 1HI 2,000,000, but' they say It 'will not delay the completion of the canal, that It will permit ships to pass one another in this portion of the canal and i will otherwise facilitate navigation. "If slides occur after : the completion of the canal, they day, -tne-wider canal Is not as likely to be blocked as a narrower- one." They approve the ' change In the proposed location of the breakwater at the Atlantic, end of the canal.1.:' - ' Their estimate of the complete . cost Cttatlaued an Third Paget I K 0v'.:.'. Eaa Representative. Dr Hawkins is a dentist at Wellston and Mr. Thompson it a teacher at Mt Gilead. They are authors of bills introduced in the house and senate designed to punish persons who take advantage of secrets heard over telephone wires. IT AT I PLOT TO KILL GARMAGK Women Give Damaging Evi dence Involving Senator's Alleged Slayers. Conference Held , in Attorney Bradford's Office on , the Day of the Tragedy. By Auoclttad Fran to State Journal. 1 NASHVILLE, Feb. 17. Marked by bitter quarrels between attorneys and by . new - and startling testimony, the second day of the Cooper-Sharp trial for the murder ' of ' former Senator E. W. : Carmack -closed tonight with the state i highly elated: and- the . defeiWMa apparently perturbed. 'The tension between the factions has tightened visibly. . ThlB : is , Indicated in the courtroom by bitter passages between opposing counsel and outside by . more bitter talk by partisans. The star witnesses today were worn? en. ' ' - ' Miss Mary Skefflngton, the state librarian,' was the first. She told how, on the day of the murder, when within 200 feet of the scene of the Bhoot-lng, she , met John Sharp, one of the defendants, whom she had known for 10 or 12 years. Just as she greeted him, she heard three shots and asked Sharp what It meant. Without turning around to learn, she says, Sharp replied: "That's Dune Cooper shoot ing senator Carmack. By the second witness, Miss Daisy Lee, stenographer in the office of John Bradford, an. attorney for the defense, told how on the morning' of November 9, the day of the -tragedy, when she arrived at the office she found Colonel Cooper already there in conference with his son. She heard the colonel denounce Carmack ' for using his (Cooper's) name and declared he had a right to protect himself. Later, she heard Colonel Cooper apply to him (Carmack) epithets so. vile that she cried when ordered to repeat them. The court permitted, her to write them and J when they were read, she covered her face with her hands. , . This conference lasted until 4 p. m. when It broke ,up: and the Coopers left together.; "lilt appeared to.be the Intent of the state to have the Jury believe that a conference to slay Carmacld was held and -that the killing resulted from this conference. : ., , The defense made little effort to cross-examine witnesses except in a most, perfunctory manner., Sharp Had Cursed Carmack. The state's first witness today was W. J. Smith, an Insurance; agent, who corroborated the testimony of Hugh Morton, that John D. Sharp had cursed Carmack just before . the senatorial contest in 1905.. On- cross examination. Smith was asked if this remark, "that the country would be better 'off if Carmack were dad and In hell 20 yearsxago," had not been made before Governor Patterson became a politician.The state objected to any reference to Governor, Patterson and wassustained.-.' ' '- . L. A. Welch, a. barber, who shaved John D. Sharp a few days before the election, said SSiarp;, was reading Car-mack's paper the editorial ., page and said: ; ' "The ought to be In hell." "To whom was he referring?" "To Senator Carmack." The defense: attacked . Welch with vigor and forced him to make some contradictions. , Miss Mary Skefflngton, the state librarian, told of leaving the . State library a few, minutes after 4 p.m. on November 9, and of seeing Governor Patterson and ex-Governor Cox In conversation. . Knew It Without Looking. "I soon' reached nearly the corner of iJnlon street and Seventh avenue. I looked down towards Union and saw John D.. Sharp, whom I had known many years. When I heard the, shots, I looked up and said: 'What la thatr He, said: 'It is shooting.' I asked: 'Who Is shooting!' He' replied: 'It Is Colonel Duno Cooper shooting Senator Carmack.'" " ' , "How was he Standing with -regard to the scene of the shooting?" ', ' "With his baok to - the shooting," ; . "What next?" -. i -'' "He1 turned around and walked back with tne up to the scene of the shooting. I said; 'Oh. Mr. Sharp,- you are 7 ' Ceatlna4 ea Third Page, ;-- 1 fell r-J -'-)' I y Is' iW. .. i 3 I hamMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm BURTON IS FOR HERRICK Ohio Senator-Elect Favors Former Governor for Cabinet. By AMOclaid Preit to SUt Journal.-WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. What proved to be a very cordial interview took place today between Presidentelect Taft and Senator-elect Burton of Ohio. It was apparent that no scars are left as a result of the recent senatorial campaign in Ohio. Mr. Burton made it known that he was anxious to see Myron T. Herrlck made secretary of the treasury In the Taft cabinet.. It may be stated in this connection that this place is still open, no decision having been made to appoint any of the various available aspirants. Mr. Taft left for Cincinnati this afternoon, where he will remain until baturday afternoon, when he will depart for Philadelphia. He will go to New York next Tuesday. KILLS GIRL AND SELF WHILE RIDING If! AUTO Youth at Reading, After Shoot-1 ing Girl, Directs Chauffeur to ; Hospital, Then Shoots Self. tBy Associated frcs to Stat Journal.) READING, Pa., Feb. 17. While speeding along In a taxlcab here early today, Stella Rocktashel, aged 18, was shot and killed and her companion, George E. Knaut, aged 20, after directing the chauffeur to hurry to' a hospital; - turned the revolver that killed the girl upon himself and sent a bullet Into his heart, dying almost , instantly. Whether there had been a quarrel or the two had agreed to die together has not been determined. Lewis Becker, the chauffeur, Is unable to throw any light on the affair, but the police believe, however, that It was a case of deliberate murder-and suicide;The couple engaged a taxlcab in the business part of town at 2 this morning, the young man telling the chauf feur to drive to the girl's home In the northern part of the city. When the vicinity of the young woman's Home was reached, the chauffeur wasstartled- toy. a revolver shot inside the cab. Simultaneously with the report, the front window of the cab was shattered and the, driver heard the whiz of a bullet over his shoulder. - , Shoots Self Nearing Hospital. A moment later, Becker declares, the man in the cab yelled excitedly, "Drive to the hospital." Recognizing that something serious had occurred, Becker rushed the machine to the Reading hospital. 'Just as he entered the nos-pltal grounds there was a second shot inside the cab. Halting at the hospital door,, Becker summoned the night nurse and she in turn called the-Internes. The young woman was found In a- heap on the seat of the cab.- Her face was covered with blood. There was, no pulse, and It was found that she was dead. A bullet wound in the right side of the head, together with powder burns on the flesh, told how she had met her death. Fired at close range, the bullet had passed througi her head. . " A. hurried examination of the man revealed that he, too, was dead,having-shot himself through tie heart. Knaut was a . telephone Inspector. Inquiry Into the case developed that Knaut had asked several persons to lend htm a revolver, saying he wanted to go to a masquerade ball. As there was no public mask - ball here last night, the authorities are of the opinion the case was one of murder and suicide. ' ;v:'-:. ', OFFICER SHOT; MAY DIE Shooter Is' Held on Charge of .Shooting to Kill ' tspKlal Tlgram to Stata Journal. ,, NAPOLEON, Feb. I7.r-Maynard Reiter, who shot patrolman Frepplo through the head at midnight, while being- locked . up . on ,-; a safe-keeping oharge, - waived examination this afternoon on the charg of shooting with intent to kill. Frepple U in a precarious condition. The ball grased his brain, and after a consultation of surgeons., it was announced that he had a bare chance to live. ; , K, : - J Fleeing Juror Is Fined. NEW - : YORK, v Feb. 17. Alfred Gwynne VatwJerbtlt, who sailed for Eu rope after he had been eubpenaed .to serve aa a juror In the-supreme court, was fined $260 today by, Justice Guy. Senator. URGES IMMEDIATE TARIFF REVISION Conference Declares It Does Not Seek to Block Action by Congress Now. Declares in Favor of the Creation ' of Permanent Commission. Beveridge Speaks. (By Associated Presi to Stat Journal. INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 17. Demand for the Immediate creation by congress of a permanent tariff commission was voiced today in resolutions adopted by the tariff commission conference convention To tjlspeJ. any,.,Uea that Ae-lay in tariff revision h sought ; and that tne pwpose pf thtf gathering )' to delay action on the pending tariff by congress.a provision j . was added urging that congress during its spe cial session shall prepare and adopt a revised tariff to the best of Its ability under present conditions. While the adoption of the resolutions was the subject of a heated debate, lasting over two hours, the arguments seemed based upon misunderstanding of the committee's report rather than radical differences of opinion, and at the end the original report was adopted with the exception of a few unimportant changes In phrasing. . We demand frojfci congress, for the equal benefit ot all classes of the people and in the name of all American Industry, of farm, fac-, tory, labor and commerce represented in the national tariff commission convention held at Indianapolis, consisting of delegates from forty-two states and representing , 223 agricultural, civic, commercial and industrial bodies, the Immediate creation of a permanent tariff commission, for the following purposes and ends, through congressional action:- First, the collecting and intelligent, thorough and unprejudiced study of tariff facta. Second, the development and enlargement of our foreign trade. Third, " the accomplishment of this by reciprocal trade agreements based on maximum and minimum schedules. Fourth, the- adjustment of the , tariff schedules, so that they shall effect all interests equitably. Fifth, the fixing of the rates of duty to be paid on the imports from any foreign country, within the limits of; the maximum and minimum rates established by congress, under reciprocal . trade agreements negotiated by or under the direction of the president, in order thereby to develop ..and . protect our foreign trade by the means favored by President Me lt Klnley and authorized by sections 3 and 4 ot tne Dlngiey law. We urge that prior to the passing of a bill creating such a com-mission, congress, during its spe-. cial session about to be called, : shall prepare and adopt, with the assistance of the best information presently available, a revised tariff, as completely and accurately ad- Justed to present conditions and therefore as stable, as is possible . at this time. Fiflht on "Demand", and ''Request." Over the use-of the word "demand" In the first line of the resolutions a wordy battle was waged. The speech of Congressman Fowler on the preceding day,-when he admonished the convention that the house and senate would not willingly yield one atom of their power, evidently had aroused a fighting spirit In the delegates, , who refused ,, to substitute the word , "request," as suggested by several. It was Beveridge day in the convention, and the speech of the senator from Indiana stirred the delegates to many outbursts of approval.. Revision Must Come At Once. Senator Beveridge spoke, In part, as follows: , . Immediate revision must not be delayed until a tariff commission is Created and has made necessary In-1 vestigatlons and arranged scientific classifications that would require at least two years and ought to take a longer period. So, for the last time, we must have a tariff builded In the old way. But that this shall be the In at tariff thus builded. we soon must provide a commission of tariff experts. The present emergency never must ae faced again. . . . - Heretofore, both parties have builded our tariffs ; without sufficient knowledge of the facts, without scientific classification of schedules.- Both parlies, whether framing a so-called revenue tariff or a protective tariff, have handled this Intricate subject in a way which would have crippled any business man or corporation handling their enterprises In the same fashion. Both parties :iave, made the-tariff exclusively -political- have waged campaigns as to whether our tariff policy Continued aa Second Page. , Fasses Woods Bill, But Makes Investigators Subject to . -Senate's Approval. FOR INVENTORIES Lower Body Approves Measure to Appraise All the State's Property. The house yesterday went on record in favor of a bipartisan Investigation of state departments and Institutions. After an extended partisan debate, the power given Governor Harmon by the Woods probe bill to conduct the investigation himself . was eliminated and that power was conferred upon a bipartisan commission of two members to be named by the Democratic governor and confirmed by the Republican senate. It was further amended so "as to accord state officials to be Investigated, the right to be represented by attorney, to subpena andcross-examine witnesses and to require the production of books, the same rights as the bill confers upon the commission. The findings of the Investigators are to be reported by the governor to the legislature and this report must contain a transcript of the evidence, this provision. In addition to the requirement tilat the investigation must be public, insuring that the members of the legislature and the public will be able to Judge for themselves whether the report Is fair or biased. In this shape and carrying an appropriation of $25,000 the probe bill passed the house without an opposing vote. Object Only to Confirmation. The single composite amendment adopted was offered by Mr. Woods of Medina, the author of the bill, who anticipated the intention of Mr. Ervin of Meigs, the Republican floor leader, to offer a similar one. Judge Winters, the Democratic floor leader, surrendered the contention that Governor Harmon make the investigation without the agency of a bipartisan commission,, and directed the fight against the provision for the confirmation of the appointment of the commissioners by the senate. Beaten on this point by 50 -to 59, and with only 4 votes registered againat the Woods amendment,--the Democrats accepted , the amended bill. , , ".- The Republican winning fight-Was In charge ' or Woods and Ervln, though Representative Charles Kempel rose to a question of privilege after the passage of the measure and charged that it was directed by Secretary W. H. Phipps of the Republican state executive committee, against whose presence on the floor he registered a protest. In fact, Phipps had . been admitted to the rear of the hall by a doorkeeper who supposed state officers had the privilege of the floor, but after listening a while to the debate, had been ejected by the eagle-eyed first assistant sergeant-at-arms, "Big Jim" Gallegher, of Cleveland.. Duplicate of Last Year's Bill. In the debate,. Mr. Crist of Delaware and others showed that the amended bill was but a duplicate of the last year's bill to authorize Governor Harris to name an Investigating commission, which the Democratic senate Ignored. By that bill, a Republican governor was to appoint and a Democratic senate to confirm. Mr. Ervln and others pointed out to the Democrats who contended that senate confirmation would - tie the governor's hands that If he chose, he could wait until the legislature had adjourned and then name the commissioners who could act as recess appointees without being confirmed by the senate until next winter after their work had been done. Judge Winters doubted if the governor could make recess appointments of new officers but only could fill vacancies.Woods said the bill gave the governor Just what he asked, the authority and the money. The present statutes really gave him and ex-Governor Harris the authority but neither had had the money. While he preferred the original bill, the amendment provided for a fair Investigation. Governor Harris, though honest and efficient, had been defeated and sent back to Preble county largely because the Republican members of the last legislature by their votes and actions had given the public the Impression they were opposed to any Investigation. , Inventory Bill la Passed. The Republicans now could not afford to stand against an investigation. He did not believe there was anything wrong, "but turn on the light and let the man turn It on who said there was darkness." Mr. Bense of Erie said the governor ought to have a secret service fund with which to Investigate at any time. Mr. Connaughton and Mr. Gebhart pitched Into the amendment and It was defended by Mr. Gibbs and Mr. Shank-land and others. The Democrats failed to present a solid front In support of the Brenner state Inventory bill, though It was a Harmon measure, ... and amendments aimed to cut holes In It were offered by Democratic members. Suspectlmr a possible Democratic probe under the guise of an appraisement of statu property by the board of three appraisers, one Republican and two Dem- ocrats, to be named by the governor, Republican opposition also developed. Mr. Ervln of Meige labeled it "a bad bill from beginning to end." Mr. Brenner of Clark said the -bill carried out the recommendations of both Gov ernor Harris and Governor Harmon. The bill was passed by 79 to 28 after the defeat of amendments by Mr. Schrelber of Lucas for a Jail sentence for state officers returning a false Inventory : by Mr. ' Reed of Woods, re quiring the inventory to be sworn to; by Mr. Phillips of Geauga, to cut the appraisers' pay from $10 to $5 a day; by Mr.. Russell of Wayne, to limit the appraisement to 30 days; by Mr. Gebhart of Montgomery, to limit the total pay to fftch appraiser to $600, which would - have meant a 60-day tenure and have made It Impossible to complete the work of appraising the property of 24 Institutions and 40 departments and boards; and the adoption of the amendment of Mr. Le Blond Contlaned Third rage. -. k "It t: -'- t - - -V;'- rMoT WORCESTER, Mass.. Feb. 17. Carroll D. Wright, former commissioner of labor, is In a critical condition from P RAILWAYS SEIZED W. W. Tamage, Who Was With B. & O. System, Charged With Embez2lement. Arrested ' at ' Surety . Company's Instance Year After Finding of Alleged Shortage. On the charge of having embezzlod $450 of the funds of the Baltimore and Ohio and Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern railroads, William W, Tamage, who tor nearly 15 years was city ticket agent of the two roads Jn Columbus, was placed under arrest at 11; 45 yesterday morning -on an affidavit of Andrew Tipple, agent of . ' the ' United States Fidelity and Guarantee company, with offices at Cleveland. After remaining In the city prison he was released last evening on $800 bond. A year ago Tamage suffered an attack of nervous prostration as a result of : the financial management which , resulted In his arrest yesterday. He was removed to a sanitorium, where he underwent treatment. While thus confined it was discovered that there was a shortage in the funds of the offices of which he had charge, and an investigation was immediately started. Had Two Explanations. After his recovery Tamage accused Frank, P. Cooper, district passenger agent of the two. roads in Columbus, with being responsible. He declared Mr. Cooper had appropriated the money for his personal use and had not returned it as had been Intended. Tamage also had another explanation. It was that he himself had used the money while soliciting business, and that It had been allowed him as a part of his expense account. He had been given the title and duties of city .passenger agent in .addition to those of city ticket agent, which required some expenditure of money - in soliciting business, and he declared that he had taken the money In the legitimate performance' of his duties and could prove his innocence of all the charges made against him. : i Seeking a settlement, which was promised by" Tamage as soon as he could get the money from a wealthy uncle in the West, the bonding company, which had already paid the amount to the treasurers of the two roads, a few days ' ago decided not ' to wait any longer, and Tamage's arrest followed. - - The United States .Fidelity and Guaranty company, the principal offices of which are in Baltimore, by annual contract with the railroad .companies, goes on the bonds of several thousand employes of the Baltimore and Ohio and Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern. The expense of carrying these bonds is borne by the railroads, ,and -when embezzlement occurs an Immediate settlement is required. In the case of Tamage this settlement was made soon after the shortage was discovered, but there was every Indication that, his uncle in the West would come to his rescue, and he was given all of the time he desired to reimburse the bonding company . for the amount. Up to a year ago Tamage had been a trusted employe of the railroad companies. He . had- handled large sums of money in the performance of his duties and had always accounted for every cent, of It. , ' ,- ':- , -. '' '- Friends Stand By Him, He was concerned with, the handling of a large number of theatrical companies, -the agents of which always made settlement with him, sometimes to the amount of several thousand dollars. Part of the money which he Is charged with! embezzling Is said to have been secured from this source. After his recovery from his nervous ailment, Tamage resigned his position with the Baltimore and Ohio and Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern railroads and announced that he was going to take a trip South for his health. However, he remained 1 In Columbus and In a few weeks aecehted a position with a local hotel.'- Here he jhas been employed since that time, and yesterday after toeing released on bond returned to his duties. His employer, as do-all hla friends, speaks. In terms of warmest praise of- .Tamage. , He Is commended highly by? people with whom he comes in contact.. There Is a general' tendency among those , who know htm not to believe he Is guilty of any wrong. ,, OH AGENT OF j.."t:i; hot0M sunnas a mental and physical breakdown. AH hopes of recovery have been abandoned by his physicians. RUBS SUGAR IN HIS EYES Porto Rican Accused of Theft Seeks Slow Death. By Aoclate4 Ftm to Stats Journal. SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., Feb. 1". Manuel Morano, a Porto Rican, Is In Jail awaiting trial for the alleged theft of diamonds. He is attempting slow suicide by rubbing sugar in his eyes. Morano confessed that he had resorted to sugar as a means ot ending his life. He explained that in his native Island this custom prevails among those who desire to shorten their existence and that It Invariably proves successful. The Idea Is a new one here and the authorities state that the only result so far as they can ascertain would be to possibly destroy the man s sight. FIRST -HIS Rev. C. E. Burton of Minneapolis Invited to Be Associate Pastor With Dr. Gladden. At a meeting of the members of the First Congregational church held last evening, by unanimous vote, it was decided to extend a call to Rev Charles E. Burton of Minneapolis to the new position of associate pastor of. the church which has been created in order to give- Rev. Dr. Washington Gladden 'more freedom from the rou tine -of church management. The call Is extended on condition that Rev. Mr, Burton can satisfactorily arrange with the Congregational church of Winona, Minn., from which he has accepted a call. The position was offered to Dr, Carl Patton of Ann Arbor, Mich., but he was unable to accept. Rev. Mr. Burton preached at the church Sunday. He remained in Co lumbus Monday and met many officers and members of the congregation. After the reception a conference with the officers of the church was held at which he explained his position. Rev. Mr. Burton is 36 years old. He is a graduate of Carlton college, Carl ton, Minn., and ' is a member of Its board of trustees.. At one time he de clined the presidency of the lnstitu tion, as he preferred to remain In church work. He has spent the great er part of his-life in Minnesota and for several years has been one of the leading ministers of . Minneapolis. SHOWS KNOX INAUGURAL Taft Submits Address to President and , Premier-to-Be. Special Telegram to 'State Journail. . WASHINGTON, Feb. . 17. What President-elect Taft regards as an Im portant feature of his two days ' In Washington were the consultations he was ' able to have with President Roosevelt, Senator Knox, and others re gardlng the subject matter and his method of, expressing himself In his inaugural address. A copy of the first draft of this paper has been in the possession of Senator Knox for some days and such suggestions as he shall think proper to make .will be sent . to Mr. Taft at Cincinnati., The president's approval of the -speech Is known to have been most hearty. . . YOUTH KILLS BROTHER Boys ' Playing . With Gun and Shooting Is Accidental. Special Tel ram to State Journal. 1 . WOOSTER. Feb. 17.- Leo Parldon, aged 9, shot and killed George Parldon, aged 12. Both are sons of J. I. Parldon. a farmer.: They were playing with a shotgun, when one of the boya placed a shell In the weapon, and while George was looking into the muzzle Leo pulled the trigger. The father - and mother were in a room below and the body fell on , register, . lettihg blood from the dead boy fall on the heads of his parents.; '..".''...; ''! '' Only 37 , Recovered Alive. NEWCASTLE, Feb. . 17. Only 37 men have been .brought up alive out of a total of-147 Who were In the coal mine at West Sidney at the time of yesterday's disastrous' explosion. - Grand Jurors Accuse Pulitzer and His Editors and Indianapolis News' Owners. WARRANTS READY Roosevelt, Tafts, Morgan, Root, Robinson and Cromwell Vilified, It Is Charged. By Associated Prsss to State Journal.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. Bench warrants were Issued late today for the arrest of Joseph Pulitzer, Caleb M. Van Hamm and Robert H. Lyman of New York, proprietor and editors of the New York World; and for Delevan Smith and Charles R. Williams, owners of the Indianapolis News, for criminal libel In connection with the publication In those newspapers of charges of Irregularities In the purchase by the United States government of the Panama canal property from the French owners. The Indictments on which the warrants were based were returned today by the United States grand Jury sitting in this city, and the ' warrants were Issued later by the (clerk of orlm-lnal court No. 1. The warrants are directed against all five of the natural defendants of the two newspapers. The summons requires the corporate defendant (the Press Publishing company of New York), to appear in court forthwith to answer the indictment. There are three counts against The News and five against The World. District Attorney Baker probably will not send the copies of the bench warrants and the certified copies of the Indictments to New York or to Ini dianapolis for a day or two. Names of Those "Vilified.'- - Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, Elihu Root, J. Plerpont Morgan, Charles p. Taft, Douglas Robinson and William Nelson Cromwell are named in the indictments as the persons alleged to have been vilified by the stories appearing in the twonewspapers.- - - Copies of the summons and Indictment were served this evening on the Press Publishing company by service on Otto Carmlchael, Its agent In this Jurisdictio-n. The certified copies will be filed with United States Commissioner. John R. Shields in New York who will JssOe'warrants. If the defendants should fight the case, at least a year probably will elapse before they can "be brought before thej'bar .of the district supreme court forUrial. William Nelaon Cromwell said' today: . . , The indictment of ' the New York World and the Indianapolis News is not an indictment of the press of the United States, as they would like to have it appear to ootain the support of the general press of the countrv. I am In favor of a free and unmuxsled press. , I wish to say In the most positive manner that the stories respecting the Panama canal purchase publiHhed by the New York World, the Indianapolis News and other papers, and for which these editors are indicted, were not legitimate newspaper publications. I feel thm I am free to sp.-ak, now that the grand Jury has concluded its hearing. Blackmail Attempt Charged, y The parties who concocted the stories more than two sind a half years ago made a demand upon me at that-time to pay them a large sum of money, with a threat that if I did not comply, the stories Would be published. I Instantly and Indignantly denounced the stories as false in every respect, refused to entertain their demands and dismissed the miscreants. This attempt to blackmail me was temporarily dropped, but was renewed again in July and August last, when 1 was aetK'e in the political campaign. At that time some of the people, with their group enlarged, again attempted to blackmail me and again put oefore me the alternative of paying them $25,000 for the suppression of the stories or having them published. In answer to my indignant refusal, the blackmailers stated that even If they could not substantiate the stories, and even if there was no basis for the use of the names of Charles Taft and Douglas Robinson the publication of the stories, with the Inclusion of the names of those gentlemen, was bound to Injure the cause of the Republican party, and particularly would defeat, they believed, the election of Mr. Taft, and they argued that because of my well-known support of Mr..; Taft'a campaign, I should be willing to pay them J25.000 rather than permit the-publication of these stories; that If I did not purchase and suppress them, the stories would be "sprung" late in the campaign, when I could not have time to send to Paris for records and proofs, or otherwise overtake and offset the stories before election. Had Told World of Falsity. " I decided that the time had come to place the matter before the district attorney of New York, and I did so, I have absolute proof that the parties behind these stories wer,e at the time in frequent conference with managers of The World, at their ofliee and residence, upon the subject t thene stories. On the very eve of the publication of the story the New York World not only had my explicit denial and denunciation of the stories, but received direct personal notice from me, In Its editorial rooms, that the stories were false In every respect. ; There never existed the slightest foundation on which to base any of the allegations In the .stories publiHhed In The World. I am sure that the newspapers of the country will Indorse the straightforward and manly action of President Roosevelt, de nounclng In a message to congress the action of these great newspapers In bringing Into disrepute the greatest undertaking of all ages and unjustly assailing those who have devoted their best efforts to make the Panama canal a glory to the American nation the world over. : Give History of Canal Deal. The Indictments agalnet all the parties are substantially Identical and are very elaborate,; setting out a complete history of the transactions by which the United States acquired title to the Panama canal property from tht French company. Extensive 'quotations from news articles and editorials, published both by the New York World and by the Indianapolis News, are given , in the -Indictments. In addition, they contain the -unusual feature of photographic likenesses of the men who have figured lit the stories, and the reproduction of a cartoon which appeared In the Indianapolis News rep lesentlng Norman K. Mack digging up